Improved broom-head



T. MOORE.-

. Broom Head.

PatentedNoy. 27, 1866.

No. 60,038. j

.Illln .ll'll- INVENTOR N PETERS. PhMo-Ijthognphar. Wahmgton D I:

THOMAS MOORE, on .BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS, nssienon Jac son 1 HUKILL, orSAME lE'LAGE. 1 i l s i IMPROVED BROOM-HEAD.

Specification forming part of Letters PatentNo- 60,038, dated November27, 18166. f l

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS MOORE, of Bloomington, in the county ofMcLean and State of Illinois, have invented anew and useful Improvementin Broom-Head; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilledin the art to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which-Figure 1 is aside view of my improved broom-head, showing it inconnection with the handle and brush. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectionof the same, taken through the line w m, Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is alongitudinal section of the same, taken through the line y y, Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts. i

My invention has for its object to furnish an improved broom-head whichmaybe readily filled and refilled, and which will hold the corn firmlyand securely in place; and it consists in the combination of certainparts, as will be hereinafter more fully described.

. A is the main part of the broom-head. This may be cast in one piece,or it may be made of several pieces of sheet metal, cut out andstruck upinto the proper form, and then soldered together, so as to form a solidbroom-head.

At the point where the socket a) joins the part A, a plate, B, extendsacross the broomhead, as shown. This forms the bottom of the socket,against which the end of the bandle O abuts when the broom is being puttogether.

The sides of the part A are made with downwardly-projecting parts orearsc as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, to support the sides of the brush, andgive greater firmness to the broom. To the inner sides of these cars a,near their ends, are attached hooks D, which hook over the binding-wireE, holding it securely ni place. h h v To the inner surface of thebroom-head A,

around its ppe at; is attached awire, 3$ forming a ledge, against whichthe com g; I forced by theaction of theycrescentshaped nut G, and firmlysecured.

H is a screw securelyattached to the endj of the handle Q, and passingdown into the; broom-head through hole pierced in the b Otfi tom B ofthe socket a as shownfinfFigstZ; j and 3. l G is a crescent-shapednut,into whichgy the screwH enters, andwhich is drawn up by said screw,clampingthecorn between said nut and thewire ledge F, and holding it securely in place. y I y The binding-wire E passes around thecorn, asshown in the drawings. Its ends are bent over so as to form hooks, bywhich they are; 1;. connected, as shown in Fig.1; and it is heldj inplace andprevented fi'om slipping (low 1 by the hooks ,D, as beforedescribed. It 1 also further securedin place and shape by the keys I,whichj have hooks upon theirends, and which pass through the corn andhook; upon the binding-wire E, as shown in FigsJl and2. Q \j 11 Infillingthe broom-head the handleiQis put into its place, with the nutG". upon lower end of the screw;H.. j The cornis then] inserted, andwhen the head A isfilled the 1 nut G is drawn up by turning ,thehandle;G; 1 This clamps the corn securely between theij nut G and the ledge]?upon the inside of the; j head A. The binding-wire E is thenapplied j}and passed over the hooksD, andjlthe formal-1 tion of the broomcompleted by insertedthe. keysI. I. j 1 l l 1 WhatI claim as new,anddesire tosecure 1 by Letters Patent, Iis--- p l The combination of thepart A with its ears a hooksD, wires E, wire F, crescent nutG, screw H,socket a, and handle 0, and keysfI, f in the manneras and for thepurpose specified.

THOMAS oons.

Witnesses:

G. Fnnnn, 1 I. G. Rnrnunn.

